My All American

Coach Royal, I'm Casey Addison from The Daily Texan.

Hello. Hey, sit down.

Thanks for meeting with me.

Sure. Sure.

Coach, I'm writing a story

about legendary Texas football players,

and you're a legend yourself.

Was I a player?

Why,yes.

You were a great football player

for the Oklahoma Sooners in the late 1940s.

I'll be doggone.

I knew that.

But you coached UT

and won three national championships.

Yes.

Texas had 30 All-American players

while you were coaching.

Which one had the greatest impact on you

and the program?

Freddie.

Freddie Steinmark.

I'm sorry, Coach,

but Freddie Steinmark wasn't an All-American.

No.

But he was my All-American.

You see,

a player's skills and character

are influenced years before I ever meet him.

I gain the benefit from all the other coaches

who instilled fight and grit in their hearts.

The Rough Riders' creed,

"I will play hard and clean, and I will not be a quitter!"

What's most important is courage.

It's not a disgrace to be beaten.

The greatest disgrace is to quit or to turn yellow.

You got that?

Yes, sir. Let me hear it again.

Yes, sir!

Now, get your butts out there and practice hard.

Steinmark.

Stay here.

You did good last game.

You scored a lot of touchdowns.

But you would have done better if you'd run in a straight line.

You get to the end zone quicker.

You zigzag too much.

My dad taught me to run that way.

When you play for your father's team

on Tuesdays and Fridays, you can zigzag.

On Mondays and Saturdays, you run a straight line.

You got that? Yes, sir!

Get out there.

Wind sprints, let's go!

Oh, look, Sammy wants some peas. Come on.

You want a little pea?

Come on, Sammy.

All right, I want you to finish the whole thing for me. Okay?

If you're gonna be a great player,

you gotta get some meat on those little bones.

How did my boy do at practice today?

I scored five touchdowns.

Six.

Our guy's gotta work

a little bit harder out there on the field

because he's always the smallest one.

Isn't that right?

I try as hard as I can.

What makes a winner

is learning that they can always try harder.

Is that enough Parmigiano?

Yes, Mama.

Maybe a little bit more. Hmm?

We gotta get you to Notre Dame.

That's right. Great education and great football.

Give me a kiss. Huh? Come on.

That's my QUV-

When I took this job,

they told me that you haven't won

a division championship in 25 years.

Haven't beaten Lakewood in 15 years.

The pure and simple fact is you all are pathetic.

But not for damn long.

We will beat Lakewood,

we will win the conference championship,

and we're not stopping there.

Anybody who doesn't get on board with my plan

can move your sad sorry ass

out of my eyesight now and forever!

Are there any questions? Good!

Now, we got a new kid here from California.

And he may be

just what the doctor ordered for this team.

He's gonna be carrying the rock a lot for us this season.

Any questions?

I didn't think SO.

Now we prepare for war.

Out on the field! Now!

Now! Now!

Not a minute to waste.

Let's go.

Go! Go!

ASSISTANT COACH 22 Hustle up!

Finish strong!

Let's go, gentlemen. Pick it up!

Freddie Steinmark. Glad you're part of the team.

You'll really help us this year.

I wish I was back in California.

It's pretty nice here in Colorado.

This team's nowhere near as good

as the one I was on there.

It Will be.

Yeah, sure it will.

Now that you're on the team, I say state championship.

You haven't won your division in 25 years.

You're talking state championship?

You're nuts.

Go!

Atta boy, Freddie!

You're really fast for a big guy.

We can use you this year.

Just pretend like you've gone to school here all your life.

Like anywhere else,

the jocks and the cheerleaders rule the school.

And the jocks are mostly jerks.

Except one. Freddie Steinmark.

He's sweet, he goes to mass every day,

and he is, by far, the cutest boy you will ever see.

He broke every scoring record

both in basketball and football.

I don't like sports.

You don't have to like sports to have a crush on Freddie.

You just need a pulse.

Hey, Freddie!

He looked at you.

He's okay.

Go.

He's here every day after his regular practice.

His dad trains him pretty hard.

Time!

Maybe it's not his dad.

Maybe it's what he wants to do to get better.

All I know

is he is exceptionally dreamy.

Time!

11.9. Great! Great!

Do it again.

He stares at you every day and never says a word.

Maybe he's shy.

The most popular kid in school is shy?

I doubt that.

Well, what do you think it is?

Maybe it has something to do with him being so religious.

No.

Boys that go to mass every morning can't talk to girls?

I don't know.

Hustle up. We still got five more.

Be right back.

You have to start the car.

Here. No, I can't.

No, I don't want them.

Debbie! This is so embarrassing.

Hi.

Hi. Hi.

You know, we were just looking for a...

Picnic.

Picnic area for a bunch of girls...

Surprise party.

For a surprise party for a bunch of girls.

Do you wanna go out sometime?

What?

Do you wanna go out?

Go out with me?

Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. Yeah, that would be great.

Great. When?

I don't know.

How about tonight?

If I run about 20 more reps, I might get the car.

Tonight.

I'll just have to ask...

All right. Some other time.

No, tonight will be fine. Right?

Yeah? Hmm?

Yeah.

Great. What's your address?

It's 2678 Pear Blossom.

Oh. Nice area. Thank you.

How about 7:00?

7:00 is perfect.

It's perfect. Great.

Thanks, Debbie. Uh-huh.

Okay, I'll see you then.

Okay.

Please start the car.

Is this your car?

No, no, it's my dad's.

I have to get it back by 8:00 tonight.

He has to be at work at 9:00.

What does he do?